Auditions take place time to time
You can freely send your resume to mlafayetteusa@gmail.com, and a video recording of any early and/or classical music repertoire as a free applicant
On your email, please include:
- First and last name
- Adress
- Email address
- Phone number
- Date and place of birth
- Musical school and teachers
- Professional experiences
- Your top 3 arias/pieces and composers you like to play
Auditions
What to prepare for the 2022 audition
1. For INSTRUMENTALISTS :
Pieces to be played (Feel free to play the easiest stroke of the bow you prefer) in 440:
- STRINGS
Violins:
Haydn Creation - violin 1, mvt 4 from Allegro assai, m.7 to 19 Quarter note = 142
Haydn Creation - violin 1, mvt 7 from Allegro assai, m.2 to 13. Quarter note = 146
Haydn Creation - violin 1, mvt 24 from Andante, m.1 to 11. Quarter note = 64
Haydn Creation - violin 2, mvt 7, m.1 to 12 included Quarter note = 146 / Click here to download the violin Haydn scores
Lully - De Profundis extract, m.1 to 20 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully page
Violas:
Haydn Creation - viola, mvt 3 Andante, from m.2 to 16. Half note = 72
Haydn Creation - viola, mvt 7 from Allegro assai, m.2 to 12. Quarter note = 146 Quarter note = 146 / Click here to download the Haydn scores
Lully - Dies Irae extract, m.1 to 18 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully viola page
Celli and double bass:
Beethoven 9th symphony, 4th mvt, from m.449 to 477. Dotted quarter note = 120 / Click here to download the Beethoven score
Lully - Dies Irae extract, m.14 to 21 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully score
Let us know if you:
- play several instruments (violin+ viola for exemple, with the one you prefer play)
- own a historical instrument: Please bring it to play on
- have any preference about playing position (first violin, viola...), willing to play as a soloist...
For any other instrument, we'll send you the scores when you send in your application
2. For SINGERS (baroque music sung in 415, Classic ones in 440) :
- For all singers : Lully De Profundis, m.50 to 60 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the pages
Sopranos :
Haendel Giulio Cesare : "Piangero", second part allegro m.48 to 69 / Click here for the score
Haydn : The Creation (sang in german) : 15th mvt, from measure 3 of the first page to the letter D at the beginning of the 2nd one. Half note = 66 / Click here for this Haydn score
Mezzos :
Lully : Miserere extract m.5 to 12, sing the "A1" line / Click here for downloading the score
Haendel : Serse "Ombra mai fu" E version extract : m.5 of the first page to the end / Click here for the score
Altos :
Haendel : Serse "Ombra mai fu" D version extract : m.5 of the first page to the end / Click here for the score
Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" line of these 2 pages Half note = 58 / Click here for the score
High tenors (tenors 1) :
Bach St Mattew passion "Geduld" extract from the beginning of the page to letter A / Click here for the score
Lully : De Profundis : extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" line of these 2 pages Half note = 58 / Click here for the score
Lower Tenors (tenors 2) :
Bach Magnificat : "Deposuit" extract, from the beginning to m.28 / Click here for the score
Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" OR "T2" line (choose whatever corresponds better to your voice) of these 2 pages Half note = 58 / Click here for the score
Barytones-Basses :
Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T2" OR "B1" line (choose whatever corresponds better to your voice) of these 2 pages Half note = 58 Click here for the score
Lully : "De profundis" extract m.27 to 37 Half note = 62 / Click here for the score
Haydn : Creation mvt 6 extract. Beginning with the 6 first measures at A. Then, follow the measures which are not erased / Click here